Written Answers Tuesday 9 June 2009

Scottish Executive

Animal Welfare

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to question S3W-12096 by Mike Russell on 1 May 2008 and question S3W-20212 by Mike Russell on 6 February 2009, whether it has received recommendations on the future regulation of snaring from the legislation, regulation and guidance sub-group of the Partnership Against Wildlife Crime Scotland.

Roseanna Cunningham: The Legislation, Regulation and Guidance Sub-group of the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime in Scotland (PAW Scotland), has made its recommendations.

  These recommendations, along with additional technical advice as requested by the sub-group, are now with the wider PAW Scotland partnership for comment.

Animal Welfare

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to question S3W-12096 by Mike Russell on 1 May 2008 and question S3W-20212 by Mike Russell on 6 February 2009, when it intends to bring forward regulations to govern the use of snares.

Roseanna Cunningham: It is intended that the changes to the regulation of snaring in Scotland should be laid before Parliament before summer recess. Changes requiring primary legislation will be dealt with separately.

Birds

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23457 by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 May 2009, whether it considers that breeders of hawks in Scotland will be at a disadvantage compared with breeders in England, who are required to pay only for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species permits.

Roseanna Cunningham: Breeders of hawks in England and Wales currently only pay for permits required for the purposes of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) whereas breeders in Scotland currently also have to pay for registration as required by Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. The Scottish Government intends to bring forward amendments to Scottish legislation which would place Scottish breeders in the same position as those in England and Wales.

Birds

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what regulations apply to falconers from outwith Scotland when taking part in events in Scotland.

Roseanna Cunningham: Schedule 4 birds which are not kept in Scotland require an exemption from registration whilst taking part in events in Scotland. The Scottish Government is intending to bring forward legislation which will remove the need for such exemptions.

Bridges

David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to reduce traffic congestion on the Kessock Bridge, particularly at peak times.

Stewart Stevenson: In the late 1990s measures were introduced to alleviate congestion at the Longman Roundabout at the south end of the Kessock Bridge. In 2006, as a consequence of increasing delays experienced at peak periods, Transport Scotland commissioned Scotland Transerv to carry out a traffic model assessment to investigate options for improving peak period traffic flows at the roundabout. Preliminary designs are now being prepared.

Bridges

David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what maximum daily traffic movements have been recorded on the Kessock Bridge.

Stewart Stevenson: The maximum daily traffic flow recorded on the Kessock Bridge was 42,434 recorded on 6 August 2008. This compares with an average daily flow in 2008 of 27,162 and an August daily average flow in 2008 of 32,768.

Bridges

David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what design capacity was planned in terms of maximum vehicle movements for the Kessock Bridge when it opened in 1982.

Stewart Stevenson: Transport Scotland does not have any record of the design capacity for the Kessock Bridge when it opened in 1982 but would expect the dual two-lane cross-section to be capable of carrying up to 1,800 vehicles per lane per hour. The four lanes across the Kessock Bridge are therefore capable of carrying 7,200 vehicles per hour albeit higher flows are associated with decreasing levels of service and safety.

Bridges

David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what projections it has for vehicle movements per day on the Kessock Bridge over the next five years.

Stewart Stevenson: Transport Scotland does not routinely hold such projections but has the capability to produce them if required.

Bridges

David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans are in place for developing long-term park-and-ride solutions for either side of the Kessock Bridge.

Stewart Stevenson: HITRANS (Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership in Scotland) have carried out a study into congestion and urban issues in the Inner Moray Firth area, which includes a focus on park-and-ride opportunities. Any development of park-and-ride sites in the Inverness area is a matter for Highland Council and HITRANS.

  In addition, the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) has identified the potential for strategic park-and-ride at Dalcross, supporting the A96 corridor.

Children's Hearings System

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-7020 and supplementary questions by Adam Ingram on 21 May 2009, ( Official Report c.17756) what form area support teams will take.

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-7020 and supplementary questions by Adam Ingram on 21 May 2009, ( Official Report c.17756) what responsibilities area support teams will have.

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-7020 and supplementary questions by Adam Ingram on 21 May 2009, ( Official Report c.17756) whether area support teams will receive clerical or professional support from their local authority.

Adam Ingram: As my colleague, Fiona Hyslop, told Parliament on 30 April 2009, we are bringing forward proposals for a new body, the Scottish Children’s Hearings Tribunal, which will be responsible for all functions associated with the Children’s Panel, including recruitment, selection and training of panel members.

  The Tribunal will be led by a President who will have the power to work with volunteers to exercise its key functions and have the power to put in place structures, which may be known as area support teams, which reflect local issues in all of Scotland’s communities.

  We will make more details available by the end of June when we publish our draft Bill to reform the Children’s Hearings system.

Drug Misuse

Gavin Brown (Lothians) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of crimes in the Lothian and Borders police force area has been committed by people under the influence of (a) alcohol or (b) drugs in each of the last five years.

Kenny MacAskill: Information on the percentage of crimes committed by people under the influence of alcohol or drugs is not held centrally.

  Data available for crimes/offences related to alcohol or drugs is where the involvement of alcohol or drugs is implicit in the offence, such as drunk/drug driving etc, drunkenness, general drugs/drugging offences (for example possession with intent to supply), contravention of liquor licensing laws, offences by licensed persons and consumption of alcohol in designated places prohibited by byelaws.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed by local authorities in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of people employed in local government by parliamentary constituency. Information is held on the number of people employed in local government at the Scotland level. The official source for local government employment statistics is the Joint Staffing Watch Survey. The table below shows the number of people employed in local government from quarter 1 1997 to quarter 4 2008 (the latest data available). Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.

  Number of People Employed in Local Government in Scotland, 1997-2008. Not Seasonally Adjusted (Head Count)

  
  Year and Quarter
  Scotland

  1997 Q1
  294,700

  1997 Q2
  292,500

  1997 Q3
  290,500

  1997 Q4
  292,000

  1998 Q1
  293,000

  1998 Q2
  292,900

  1998 Q3
  290,300

  1998 Q4
  292,000

  1999 Q1
  293,400

  1999 Q2
  293,000

  1999 Q3
  293,100

  1999 Q4
  295,800

  2000 Q1
  296,500

  2000 Q2
  295,900

  2000 Q3
  294,200

  2000 Q4
  294,700

  2001 Q1
  296,000

  2001 Q2
  295,900

  2001 Q3
  296,400

  2001 Q4
  299,700

  2002 Q1
  301,000

  2002 Q2
  301,300

  2002 Q3
  301,600

  2002 Q4
  304,300

  2003 Q1
  305,800

  2003 Q2
  307,500

  2003 Q3
  306,700

  2003 Q4
  310,600

  2004 Q1
  313,700

  2004 Q2
  315,300

  2004 Q3
  315,100

  2004 Q4
  317,600

  2005 Q1
  318,000

  2005 Q2
  321,100

  2005 Q3
  321,000

  2005 Q4
  322,700

  2006 Q1
  324,600

  2006 Q2
  323,100

  2006 Q3
  320,300

  2006 Q4
  320,200

  2007 Q1
  320,200

  2007 Q2
  317,600

  2007 Q3
  314,700

  2007 Q4
  315,500

  2008 Q1
  315,400

  2008 Q2
  313,100

  2008 Q3
  312,400

  2008 Q4
  312,700



  Source: Joint Staffing Watch Survey, Scottish Government.

  Note: Data are not seasonally adjusted and therefore comparisons between years should only be made for the same quarter.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the public sector in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of people employed in the public sector by parliamentary constituency. Information is held on the numbers of people employed in the public sector at the Scotland level. The official source for public sector employment statistics is the Quarterly Public Sector Employment series. The table below shows the number of people employed in the public sector from quarter 1 1999 to quarter 4 2008 (the latest data available). A consistent time series for Scotland is only available back to 1999. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.

  Number of People Employed in the Public Sector in Scotland, 1999-2008. Not Seasonally Adjusted (Head Count)

  
  Year and Quarter
  Scotland

  1999 Q1
  527,300

  1999 Q2
  527,400

  1999 Q3
  528,200

  1999 Q4
  532,900

  2000 Q1
  531,700

  2000 Q2
  531,700

  2000 Q3
  530,500

  2000 Q4
  533,000

  2001 Q1
  533,200

  2001 Q2
  534,600

  2001 Q3
  534,600

  2001 Q4
  541,100

  2002 Q1
  541,300

  2002 Q2
  544,100

  2002 Q3
  545,100

  2002 Q4
  549,800

  2003 Q1
  552,100

  2003 Q2
  557,100

  2003 Q3
  557,500

  2003 Q4
  563,800

  2004 Q1
  566,800

  2004 Q2
  570,400

  2004 Q3
  572,000

  2004 Q4
  576,600

  2005 Q1
  576,400

  2005 Q2
  580,600

  2005 Q3
  581,600

  2005 Q4
  584,500

  2006 Q1
  585,500

  2006 Q2
  584,400

  2006 Q3
  580,900

  2006 Q4
  582,000

  2007 Q1
  579,900

  2007 Q2
  577,600

  2007 Q3
  575,500

  2007 Q4
  578,100

  2008 Q1
  576,200

  2008 Q2
  576,300

  2008 Q3
  576,200

  2008 Q4
  579,300



  Source: Quarterly Public Sector Employment Series, Scottish Government, Office for National Statistics.

  Note: Data are not seasonally adjusted and therefore comparisons between years should only be made for the same quarter.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the NHS in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of people employed in the National Health Service (NHS) by parliamentary constituency. Information is held on the number of people employed in the NHS at the Scotland level. The table below shows the total number of staff within the NHS for each year since 1997.

  Further information on NHS staffing levels is available from the Information Services Division’s webpage http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/796.html.

  Number of Staff Employed in the National Health Service in Scotland, 1997-2008 (Head Count)

  
  Year
  Scotland

  1997
  134,679

  1998
  134,096

  1999
  135,072

  2000
  135,431

  2001
  137,547

  2002
  142,260

  2003
  147,371

  2004
  149,769

  2005
  153,995

  2006
  158,522

  2007
  162,139

  2008
  165,551



  Source: Information Services Division (ISD), National Health Service.

  Note: Table includes general dentists and GPs.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the tourist industry in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: : Information on the number of employee jobs in tourism-related industries is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

  Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in tourism-related industries by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

  Table 1: Employee Jobs in Tourism-Related Industries by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001
  2002
  2003
  2004
  2005

  Aberdeen Central
  5,500
  5,500
  4,700
  5,100
  5,800
  5,800
  7,500
  8,600
  7,900

  Aberdeen North
  2,000
  1,900
  2,000
  1,800
  1,600
  1,800
  1,800
  2,000
  1,900

  Aberdeen South
  3,700
  3,400
  3,100
  3,300
  3,900
  3,700
  2,300
  2,400
  1,900

  Airdrie and Shotts
  1,100
  1,100
  1,100
  1,300
  1,300
  1,400
  1,300
  1,400
  1,300

  Angus
  2,100
  2,200
  2,200
  2,300
  2,600
  2,900
  2,100
  1,800
  2,300

  Argyll and Bute
  3,400
  3,100
  3,200
  4,000
  4,100
  4,000
  3,500
  3,800
  3,900

  Ayr 
  3,100
  3,100
  2,900
  3,600
  3,600
  3,600
  3,400
  3,800
  4,000

  Banff and Buchan
  1,700
  1,900
  1,600
  1,900
  2,100
  1,900
  2,200
  2,600
  2,100

  Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  1,800
  2,300
  1,700
  2,100
  1,700
  1,600
  2,000
  2,100
  2,100

  Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  2,900
  2,500
  2,200
  2,200
  2,100
  2,000
  1,800
  2,100
  2,200

  Central Fife 
  1,500
  1,800
  1,800
  1,700
  1,300
  1,700
  1,800
  2,000
  1,700

  Clydebank and Milngavie
  1,700
  1,700
  1,600
  1,800
  1,800
  1,900
  1,900
  1,900
  2,100

  Clydesdale
  1,500
  1,700
  1,800
  1,900
  1,900
  2,000
  1,700
  1,800
  1,800

  Coatbridge and Chryston
  1,500
  1,500
  1,900
  1,900
  1,800
  2,200
  1,900
  2,000
  2,000

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
  1,300
  1,300
  1,300
  1,400
  1,400
  1,500
  1,400
  1,500
  1,500

  Cunninghame North
  2,500
  2,500
  2,300
  2,900
  2,600
  2,700
  2,300
  2,500
  2,400

  Cunninghame South
  1,700
  1,600
  1,500
  2,000
  1,700
  2,000
  1,900
  2,100
  2,000

  Dumbarton
  2,700
  2,700
  2,600
  3,300
  3,000
  2,800
  2,600
  3,000
  3,100

  Dumfries 
  2,900
  2,800
  3,700
  3,000
  3,600
  3,500
  2,500
  3,600
  3,300

  Dundee East
  1,600
  1,700
  1,900
  2,100
  2,300
  2,500
  2,000
  2,000
  2,500

  Dundee West
  3,600
  3,100
  3,200
  3,100
  3,700
  4,000
  4,000
  3,100
  3,500

  Dunfermline East
  1,100
  1,600
  1,300
  1,400
  1,000
  1,200
  1,000
  1,200
  1,100

  Dunfermline West
  2,300
  2,700
  2,500
  2,200
  1,700
  2,400
  2,300
  2,300
  2,300

  East Kilbride 
  2,900
  2,700
  2,800
  3,200
  3,500
  3,400
  2,900
  2,800
  3,000

  East Lothian 
  2,100
  2,100
  2,200
  2,100
  2,200
  2,900
  2,600
  2,300
  2,300

  Eastwood
  1,400
  1,400
  1,400
  1,500
  1,700
  1,700
  1,700
  1,900
  2,000

  Edinburgh Central
  9,100
  8,700
  9,900
  9,500
  11,500
  12,600
  12,400
  11,600
  11,900

  Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
  1,900
  1,800
  1,900
  2,000
  2,300
  2,500
  2,700
  2,800
  2,500

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  6,700
  6,900
  7,600
  7,700
  7,900
  8,900
  9,000
  8,400
  8,400

  Edinburgh Pentlands
  1,300
  1,200
  1,200
  1,100
  1,100
  1,200
  1,300
  1,400
  1,500

  Edinburgh South
  1,700
  1,800
  1,800
  2,100
  2,300
  2,500
  2,300
  3,100
  3,600

  Edinburgh West
  2,800
  2,800
  3,100
  2,800
  3,000
  3,400
  3,500
  3,600
  3,400

  Falkirk East
  1,500
  1,200
  1,400
  2,100
  1,900
  1,700
  1,300
  1,500
  1,900

  Falkirk West
  2,200
  1,900
  2,000
  2,500
  2,900
  2,400
  2,100
  2,400
  2,600

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  2,200
  2,300
  3,200
  2,600
  3,200
  2,700
  1,900
  2,700
  2,500

  Glasgow Anniesland
  1,000
  900
  1,000
  1,200
  1,100
  1,200
  1,200
  1,300
  1,200

  Glasgow Baillieston
  900
  900
  1,100
  1,100
  1,200
  1,400
  700
  700
  800

  Glasgow Cathcart
  1,000
  800
  900
  900
  900
  700
  800
  800
  1,000

  Glasgow Govan
  3,200
  3,300
  3,500
  3,700
  3,800
  3,700
  3,400
  3,300
  3,300

  Glasgow Kelvin
  15,400
  13,400
  13,500
  15,100
  14,500
  16,800
  16,000
  18,000
  18,100

  Glasgow Maryhill
  1,500
  1,500
  1,600
  2,000
  1,800
  1,700
  1,100
  900
  1,100

  Glasgow Pollok
  800
  700
  800
  800
  800
  800
  1,000
  1,000
  1,100

  Glasgow Rutherglen
  900
  900
  1,000
  1,000
  1,100
  1,000
  1,100
  1,100
  1,200

  Glasgow Shettleston
  2,300
  2,500
  2,600
  2,500
  2,000
  1,800
  2,200
  2,900
  2,700

  Glasgow Springburn
  1,400
  1,100
  1,100
  1,000
  1,200
  1,100
  1,000
  900
  900

  Gordon
  1,900
  2,000
  1,600
  2,000
  2,200
  2,000
  2,400
  2,700
  2,100

  Greenock and Inverclyde
  2,500
  2,200
  1,700
  1,900
  2,000
  2,100
  1,800
  1,800
  1,900

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  2,200
  2,000
  2,200
  3,100
  2,900
  3,100
  3,100
  3,700
  3,900

  Hamilton South
  700
  800
  1,000
  900
  900
  900
  1,200
  1,300
  1,100

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  7,000
  7,500
  6,400
  7,900
  6,600
  5,800
  6,900
  7,300
  7,500

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  2,000
  1,900
  2,000
  2,400
  2,200
  2,200
  2,100
  2,100
  2,400

  Kirkcaldy
  1,900
  2,500
  2,300
  2,200
  1,500
  2,300
  2,300
  2,400
  2,000

  Linlithgow
  1,500
  1,700
  1,800
  1,900
  2,400
  2,500
  3,600
  2,200
  2,200

  Livingston 
  1,600
  1,600
  1,900
  1,700
  1,900
  1,800
  1,900
  1,800
  2,100

  Midlothian 
  1,400
  1,400
  1,600
  1,500
  1,500
  1,800
  1,700
  1,600
  1,600

  Moray
  2,600
  2,500
  2,200
  2,600
  2,900
  2,900
  3,200
  3,500
  2,900

  Motherwell and Wishaw 
  1,400
  1,400
  1,400
  1,700
  1,500
  1,500
  1,600
  1,700
  1,800

  North East Fife
  2,900
  3,600
  3,400
  3,300
  2,200
  3,300
  3,400
  4,200
  4,100

  North Tayside 
  3,900
  3,600
  3,600
  4,000
  4,300
  4,300
  3,800
  3,300
  4,000

  Ochil
  1,700
  1,900
  1,800
  2,300
  2,200
  2,300
  1,800
  2,200
  2,100

  Orkney and Shetland*
  1,500
  2,100
  1,400
  1,900
  2,200
  1,300
  2,900
  2,100
  2,400

  Paisley North
  2,200
  2,100
  2,500
  2,800
  2,700
  2,900
  3,100
  3,400
  3,400

  Paisley South
  1,800
  1,800
  1,800
  2,100
  1,800
  1,700
  1,300
  1,400
  1,500

  Perth 
  4,100
  4,300
  4,300
  4,500
  4,800
  4,600
  4,400
  4,100
  5,000

  Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  2,900
  3,500
  2,800
  3,600
  2,700
  2,400
  3,100
  3,300
  3,500

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  1,200
  2,100
  1,800
  1,200
  1,400
  1,700
  2,500
  1,500
  2,200

  Stirling 
  3,700
  3,400
  3,400
  4,900
  4,000
  3,900
  3,300
  3,900
  4,300

  Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  1,400
  1,400
  1,400
  1,700
  1,500
  1,600
  1,400
  1,600
  1,600

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  1,700
  2,500
  2,300
  1,600
  1,900
  2,300
  3,500
  1,800
  2,800

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  2,800
  2,600
  2,300
  2,500
  2,900
  2,800
  3,000
  3,400
  2,900

  West Renfrewshire 
  1,800
  1,700
  1,600
  1,800
  1,200
  1,400
  1,200
  1,200
  1,300

  Western Isles
  800
  1,100
  1,000
  1,200
  1,200
  500
  1,200
  800
  900

  Scotland
  178,400
  179,800
  178,900
  193,800
  194,600
  200,800
  199,200
  205,400
  209,700



  Table 2: Employee Jobs in Tourism-Related Industries by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  2006
  2007

  Aberdeen Central
  7,400
  7,900

  Aberdeen North
  2,100
  1,900

  Aberdeen South
  2,000
  2,200

  Airdrie and Shotts
  1,400
  1,300

  Angus
  2,300
  2,300

  Argyll and Bute
  4,400
  4,300

  Ayr 
  4,500
  4,600

  Banff and Buchan
  2,500
  2,500

  Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  2,500
  2,500

  Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  2,600
  2,600

  Central Fife 
  1,900
  1,800

  Clydebank and Milngavie
  2,200
  2,200

  Clydesdale
  2,100
  2,000

  Coatbridge and Chryston
  2,100
  2,400

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
  1,600
  1,500

  Cunninghame North
  2,500
  2,700

  Cunninghame South
  2,200
  2,200

  Dumbarton
  3,400
  3,500

  Dumfries 
  3,800
  4,200

  Dundee East
  2,200
  2,100

  Dundee West
  3,500
  3,700

  Dunfermline East
  1,100
  1,200

  Dunfermline West
  2,500
  2,800

  East Kilbride 
  2,900
  2,800

  East Lothian 
  2,600
  2,500

  Eastwood
  2,000
  2,000

  Edinburgh Central
  12,100
  11,900

  Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
  2,700
  2,800

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  8,900
  9,200

  Edinburgh Pentlands
  1,600
  1,400

  Edinburgh South
  3,000
  3,100

  Edinburgh West
  3,600
  3,800

  Falkirk East
  1,900
  1,800

  Falkirk West
  2,700
  2,900

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  2,900
  3,000

  Glasgow Anniesland
  1,100
  1,100

  Glasgow Baillieston
  900
  900

  Glasgow Cathcart
  900
  900

  Glasgow Govan
  3,600
  3,900

  Glasgow Kelvin
  18,300
  18,300

  Glasgow Maryhill
  1,100
  1,100

  Glasgow Pollok
  1,600
  1,600

  Glasgow Rutherglen
  1,300
  1,200

  Glasgow Shettleston
  2,700
  2,300

  Glasgow Springburn
  800
  800

  Gordon
  2,400
  2,600

  Greenock and Inverclyde
  2,000
  2,100

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  3,900
  4,100

  Hamilton South
  1,200
  1,100

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  8,100
  8,200

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  2,300
  2,400

  Kirkcaldy
  2,400
  2,100

  Linlithgow
  2,400
  2,200

  Livingston 
  2,200
  2,300

  Midlothian 
  1,600
  1,600

  Moray
  3,100
  3,000

  Motherwell and Wishaw 
  2,300
  2,200

  North East Fife
  4,400
  4,500

  North Tayside 
  3,900
  4,100

  Ochil
  2,100
  2,200

  Orkney and Shetland*
  2,200
  2,200

  Paisley North
  3,400
  3,500

  Paisley South
  1,300
  1,300

  Perth 
  5,000
  4,800

  Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  3,900
  3,900

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  2,100
  2,000

  Stirling 
  4,600
  4,700

  Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  1,700
  1,700

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  2,400
  2,200

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  3,100
  2,900

  West Renfrewshire 
  1,300
  1,200

  Western Isles
  900
  900

  Scotland
  218,300
  219,900



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

  *It has not been possible to analyse Orkney and Shetland separately. The data has been obtained from the Nomis website, as the microdata are not held centrally.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the construction industry in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: Information on the number of employee jobs in the construction industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

  Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the construction industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

  Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Construction Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001
  2002
  2003
  2004
  2005

  Aberdeen Central
  2,100
  2,600
  2,500
  2,000
  2,300
  1,900
  1,500
  2,000
  2,000

  Aberdeen North
  4,000
  4,500
  4,800
  5,000
  3,900
  2,700
  3,100
  2,700
  2,500

  Aberdeen South
  2,900
  2,300
  1,800
  2,100
  2,800
  4,500
  1,300
  2,100
  1,600

  Airdrie and Shotts
  1,700
  2,000
  2,100
  2,000
  1,800
  1,800
  2,200
  2,100
  2,500

  Angus
  1,000
  900
  1,100
  1,300
  1,000
  1,000
  800
  1,400
  1,300

  Argyll and Bute
  1,400
  1,900
  1,400
  1,600
  1,200
  1,300
  1,500
  1,300
  1,600

  Ayr 
  1,700
  3,000
  1,800
  2,000
  1,600
  1,500
  1,700
  1,000
  1,200

  Banff and Buchan
  1,100
  1,800
  1,500
  4,000
  2,700
  1,500
  1,100
  1,500
  1,300

  Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  1,100
  1,400
  1,300
  900
  1,000
  1,200
  1,400
  1,000
  1,000

  Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  1,100
  2,700
  1,200
  1,700
  1,300
  1,100
  1,300
  1,200
  1,300

  Central Fife 
  800
  700
  1,000
  1,300
  1,600
  1,500
  1,300
  1,500
  2,200

  Clydebank and Milngavie
  1,400
  1,700
  1,300
  1,400
  900
  900
  1,100
  1,000
  1,200

  Clydesdale
  1,000
  1,800
  1,300
  1,500
  1,200
  1,300
  1,200
  1,000
  1,100

  Coatbridge and Chryston
  1,600
  1,800
  1,500
  1,300
  1,500
  1,900
  1,700
  1,900
  3,000

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
  1,600
  1,500
  1,900
  2,200
  1,900
  2,100
  2,800
  2,800
  3,400

  Cunninghame North
  700
  1,100
  900
  1,100
  800
  900
  1,000
  900
  1,100

  Cunninghame South
  1,100
  1,400
  1,100
  1,100
  900
  1,100
  1,200
  1,100
  1,200

  Dumbarton
  1,100
  2,200
  1,900
  2,000
  900
  900
  1,100
  900
  1,100

  Dumfries 
  1,600
  1,600
  2,400
  1,800
  2,500
  2,100
  1,700
  1,700
  1,800

  Dundee East
  1,100
  1,100
  1,400
  1,300
  900
  1,000
  900
  1,400
  1,200

  Dundee West
  2,200
  1,900
  2,300
  2,000
  2,000
  1,900
  1,900
  2,800
  2,100

  Dunfermline East
  800
  800
  800
  800
  1,700
  1,500
  800
  1,200
  1,600

  Dunfermline West
  2,100
  1,700
  2,000
  1,700
  1,300
  2,300
  1,000
  1,000
  1,200

  East Kilbride 
  1,500
  1,900
  1,700
  2,200
  1,700
  1,800
  1,800
  1,800
  1,900

  East Lothian 
  1,000
  1,900
  1,500
  1,400
  1,100
  1,400
  1,400
  1,700
  1,600

  Eastwood
  1,200
  2,500
  1,500
  1,600
  1,300
  1,500
  1,600
  1,300
  1,400

  Edinburgh Central
  2,500
  3,400
  2,400
  2,000
  1,600
  1,300
  1,500
  2,000
  2,000

  Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
  1,100
  1,300
  1,300
  1,300
  1,100
  1,200
  1,400
  1,700
  1,400

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  1,900
  2,300
  2,600
  2,300
  1,800
  3,000
  2,600
  3,400
  3,200

  Edinburgh Pentlands
  1,300
  1,500
  1,400
  1,200
  1,100
  1,100
  1,100
  1,200
  1,300

  Edinburgh South
  600
  1,100
  1,000
  900
  600
  500
  600
  800
  900

  Edinburgh West
  1,300
  2,200
  2,500
  2,000
  1,700
  2,400
  2,500
  2,500
  2,700

  Falkirk East
  2,000
  2,700
  2,100
  2,200
  1,900
  2,300
  2,100
  2,700
  2,300

  Falkirk West
  1,100
  1,900
  1,600
  1,400
  1,500
  2,400
  2,400
  2,400
  2,200

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  1,000
  1,100
  1,400
  800
  1,500
  1,200
  900
  900
  1,100

  Glasgow Anniesland
  400
  400
  500
  700
  700
  700
  900
  800
  800

  Glasgow Baillieston
  1,900
  1,800
  1,800
  2,400
  2,800
  2,300
  1,600
  1,500
  1,400

  Glasgow Cathcart
  600
  800
  700
  1,200
  800
  700
  900
  800
  900

  Glasgow Govan
  2,100
  2,400
  1,900
  2,200
  2,200
  2,300
  2,300
  2,100
  3,000

  Glasgow Kelvin
  4,900
  5,800
  5,400
  5,500
  5,100
  5,200
  6,800
  4,500
  4,300

  Glasgow Maryhill
  2,800
  2,300
  1,800
  2,500
  1,800
  1,900
  1,200
  1,200
  1,100

  Glasgow Pollok
  500
  600
  700
  1,500
  800
  700
  900
  1,300
  1,300

  Glasgow Rutherglen
  1,100
  1,900
  1,500
  1,500
  1,400
  1,800
  2,400
  1,800
  1,700

  Glasgow Shettleston
  2,100
  2,400
  1,800
  2,000
  1,600
  1,600
  2,900
  3,000
  3,300

  Glasgow Springburn
  2,000
  2,200
  1,700
  1,600
  1,600
  1,400
  1,300
  1,100
  1,200

  Gordon
  1,600
  2,200
  2,100
  2,600
  3,000
  2,400
  1,500
  2,500
  2,300

  Greenock and Inverclyde
  800
  1,100
  600
  600
  600
  500
  600
  500
  500

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  2,600
  3,100
  3,900
  3,500
  2,900
  1,900
  2,900
  3,000
  3,900

  Hamilton South
  900
  1,800
  1,600
  1,000
  2,400
  2,700
  1,200
  1,300
  1,400

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  2,600
  2,800
  2,500
  2,200
  2,300
  2,700
  3,500
  2,900
  3,200

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  1,500
  2,400
  1,600
  1,800
  1,600
  1,700
  1,900
  1,700
  1,600

  Kirkcaldy
  1,200
  900
  1,200
  1,100
  1,400
  1,400
  700
  800
  1,100

  Linlithgow
  1,700
  2,700
  2,200
  2,100
  1,900
  2,000
  1,600
  2,000
  1,900

  Livingston 
  1,400
  1,800
  2,200
  2,200
  2,200
  2,200
  2,800
  2,900
  3,100

  Midlothian 
  1,400
  1,900
  2,200
  2,100
  2,100
  2,200
  2,500
  2,800
  2,800

  Moray
  1,600
  1,700
  1,800
  2,100
  2,000
  1,900
  1,400
  2,100
  2,000

  Motherwell and Wishaw 
  1,500
  1,700
  1,600
  1,000
  1,500
  1,300
  1,000
  1,000
  1,600

  North East Fife
  900
  700
  1,200
  1,200
  1,600
  2,000
  1,100
  1,100
  1,800

  North Tayside 
  1,500
  1,600
  2,400
  2,000
  1,600
  1,400
  1,500
  2,400
  2,000

  Ochil
  1,300
  1,600
  1,400
  1,000
  1,100
  1,400
  1,300
  1,500
  1,400

  Orkney and Shetland*
  1,800
  2,000
  2,500
  1,700
  1,000
  1,300
  1,800
  2,200
  2,200

  Paisley North
  3,900
  5,200
  6,300
  5,100
  3,900
  3,400
  3,700
  3,500
  3,600

  Paisley South
  1,300
  3,100
  2,500
  1,300
  800
  900
  800
  700
  900

  Perth 
  2,400
  2,300
  3,000
  2,200
  1,900
  2,000
  1,700
  2,800
  2,400

  Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  1,400
  1,800
  1,600
  900
  1,300
  1,400
  1,800
  1,300
  1,300

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  1,200
  600
  2,000
  1,200
  1,300
  1,400
  1,300
  1,400
  1,800

  Stirling 
  1,500
  2,500
  2,400
  1,400
  1,600
  2,500
  2,600
  2,200
  2,300

  Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  1,200
  1,800
  1,100
  1,500
  1,200
  1,200
  1,400
  1,200
  1,300

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  1,200
  800
  2,100
  1,200
  1,300
  1,400
  1,400
  1,500
  1,700

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  1,700
  2,000
  1,800
  2,700
  3,300
  2,800
  2,000
  2,700
  2,600

  West Renfrewshire 
  500
  800
  800
  800
  600
  600
  600
  500
  600

  Western Isles
  500
  700
  900
  800
  300
  400
  800
  1,000
  1,000

  Scotland
  111,600
  138,500
  133,800
  130,300
  120,100
  123,300
  119,800
  125,000
  131,800



  Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Construction Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  2006
  2007

  Aberdeen Central
  2,200
  2,100

  Aberdeen North
  2,300
  2,900

  Aberdeen South
  1,500
  1,300

  Airdrie and Shotts
  2,400
  2,400

  Angus
  1,400
  1,300

  Argyll and Bute
  1,900
  1,700

  Ayr 
  1,300
  1,400

  Banff and Buchan
  1,600
  1,400

  Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  1,300
  1,400

  Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  1,500
  1,300

  Central Fife 
  1,400
  1,400

  Clydebank and Milngavie
  1,200
  1,100

  Clydesdale
  1,800
  1,500

  Coatbridge and Chryston
  3,600
  3,100

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
  2,400
  2,400

  Cunninghame North
  1,000
  900

  Cunninghame South
  1,300
  1,300

  Dumbarton
  1,300
  1,400

  Dumfries 
  1,900
  1,800

  Dundee East
  1,500
  1,500

  Dundee West
  2,700
  2,600

  Dunfermline East
  1,500
  1,700

  Dunfermline West
  900
  1,100

  East Kilbride 
  2,600
  2,800

  East Lothian 
  1,400
  1,500

  Eastwood
  1,500
  1,700

  Edinburgh Central
  1,600
  1,600

  Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
  1,700
  1,500

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  4,500
  3,200

  Edinburgh Pentlands
  1,600
  1,900

  Edinburgh South
  900
  600

  Edinburgh West
  2,000
  2,200

  Falkirk East
  2,200
  1,600

  Falkirk West
  2,200
  2,400

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  1,400
  1,500

  Glasgow Anniesland
  800
  600

  Glasgow Baillieston
  1,600
  1,600

  Glasgow Cathcart
  1,000
  800

  Glasgow Govan
  3,100
  3,800

  Glasgow Kelvin
  5,200
  3,200

  Glasgow Maryhill
  1,200
  1,000

  Glasgow Pollok
  800
  600

  Glasgow Rutherglen
  2,100
  2,500

  Glasgow Shettleston
  3,000
  3,300

  Glasgow Springburn
  900
  800

  Gordon
  2,500
  2,700

  Greenock and Inverclyde
  500
  500

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  4,400
  5,000

  Hamilton South
  1,000
  1,400

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  3,700
  3,800

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  1,800
  1,800

  Kirkcaldy
  900
  800

  Linlithgow
  2,400
  2,900

  Livingston 
  3,600
  3,900

  Midlothian 
  3,300
  3,100

  Moray
  2,300
  2,100

  Motherwell and Wishaw 
  900
  900

  North East Fife
  1,300
  1,200

  North Tayside 
  2,100
  2,000

  Ochil
  1,500
  1,600

  Orkney and Shetland*
  2,000
  1,800

  Paisley North
  3,900
  4,400

  Paisley South
  900
  700

  Perth 
  2,500
  3,000

  Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  1,900
  2,000

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  1,800
  1,700

  Stirling 
  2,900
  3,100

  Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  1,300
  1,300

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  1,600
  1,600

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  2,900
  3,100

  West Renfrewshire 
  600
  500

  Western Isles
  800
  800

  Scotland
  138,400
  137,600



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

  *It has not been possible to analyse Orkney and Shetland separately. The data has been obtained from the Nomis website, as the microdata are not held centrally.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the manufacturing sector in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: : Information on the number of employee jobs in the manufacturing industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

  Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the manufacturing industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

  Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Manufacturing Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001
  2002
  2003
  2004
  2005

  Aberdeen Central
  3,600
  2,900
  2,900
  2,900
  2,500
  2,800
  1,900
  1,800
  2,000

  Aberdeen North
  8,700
  9,100
  8,300
  8,000
  9,100
  8,000
  6,400
  6,700
  7,000

  Aberdeen South
  4,800
  4,200
  4,200
  3,900
  3,700
  3,700
  3,300
  3,300
  3,500

  Airdrie and Shotts
  4,800
  3,400
  2,800
  3,000
  2,800
  2,900
  3,100
  2,300
  1,500

  Angus
  4,400
  3,900
  4,600
  5,200
  3,700
  3,400
  3,800
  3,600
  3,200

  Argyll and Bute
  1,700
  1,600
  1,500
  1,300
  1,300
  1,300
  1,300
  1,500
  1,100

  Ayr 
  5,100
  5,200
  5,500
  4,500
  4,500
  4,200
  3,700
  4,500
  4,500

  Banff and Buchan
  6,700
  6,000
  6,100
  6,500
  5,800
  5,100
  5,300
  5,500
  6,100

  Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  1,800
  3,400
  3,600
  2,900
  3,600
  4,000
  3,200
  3,400
  2,900

  Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  5,300
  5,200
  4,300
  3,400
  2,600
  2,900
  2,400
  2,300
  2,200

  Central Fife 
  10,400
  10,500
  10,200
  9,300
  9,800
  9,000
  7,800
  7,400
  7,100

  Clydebank and Milngavie
  2,500
  3,300
  2,900
  2,000
  2,300
  2,000
  2,700
  2,600
  2,600

  Clydesdale
  4,000
  4,100
  3,800
  2,900
  2,100
  1,700
  1,700
  1,600
  1,700

  Coatbridge and Chryston
  2,400
  2,300
  2,500
  2,200
  2,400
  2,200
  2,000
  2,100
  2,300

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
  5,200
  5,200
  5,100
  4,200
  4,100
  3,500
  3,400
  3,100
  3,000

  Cunninghame North
  3,100
  2,800
  2,600
  2,400
  2,700
  2,500
  2,100
  2,000
  1,900

  Cunninghame South
  8,800
  8,100
  7,700
  6,900
  7,000
  5,600
  5,300
  4,700
  4,500

  Dumbarton
  4,600
  3,100
  3,300
  2,700
  2,400
  2,400
  1,300
  1,200
  1,200

  Dumfries 
  6,500
  7,000
  6,400
  6,800
  7,000
  5,900
  5,300
  4,800
  5,200

  Dundee East
  5,800
  5,300
  4,800
  4,900
  5,000
  4,400
  4,400
  4,400
  4,300

  Dundee West
  5,000
  6,400
  6,500
  6,200
  6,000
  4,800
  5,400
  5,800
  4,800

  Dunfermline East
  8,300
  8,100
  8,800
  8,400
  7,100
  6,900
  4,100
  5,100
  4,800

  Dunfermline West
  3,700
  3,500
  3,500
  3,500
  3,100
  3,400
  4,700
  3,600
  3,100

  East Kilbride 
  10,300
  12,100
  11,200
  10,500
  10,800
  10,100
  9,800
  8,900
  9,000

  East Lothian 
  3,300
  3,100
  2,200
  2,400
  2,500
  2,600
  1,800
  1,600
  1,600

  Eastwood
  1,000
  1,800
  1,400
  1,400
  1,800
  1,400
  1,300
  1,300
  1,000

  Edinburgh Central
  4,500
  4,100
  3,700
  3,500
  3,300
  2,700
  2,500
  2,400
  2,100

  Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
  1,400
  1,500
  1,500
  1,200
  1,300
  1,300
  1,900
  2,000
  1,700

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  6,700
  6,600
  6,300
  5,600
  4,900
  5,300
  4,200
  5,200
  4,700

  Edinburgh Pentlands
  3,400
  3,500
  3,000
  2,900
  3,100
  2,600
  2,400
  2,100
  2,000

  Edinburgh South
  600
  600
  600
  800
  800
  800
  700
  700
  700

  Edinburgh West
  6,300
  8,800
  8,000
  7,000
  5,000
  4,800
  3,500
  2,400
  2,400

  Falkirk East
  7,600
  8,300
  7,100
  6,700
  6,100
  6,300
  5,800
  5,900
  5,200

  Falkirk West
  4,500
  5,900
  5,000
  5,400
  4,900
  3,800
  3,500
  3,300
  2,900

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  3,500
  3,700
  3,400
  3,500
  3,700
  3,000
  3,000
  2,600
  3,100

  Glasgow Anniesland
  2,800
  3,300
  1,100
  1,500
  1,500
  1,600
  1,900
  1,400
  1,400

  Glasgow Baillieston
  2,700
  2,700
  2,800
  2,600
  2,500
  2,000
  1,100
  1,000
  900

  Glasgow Cathcart
  2,700
  2,300
  2,600
  2,300
  2,200
  1,900
  1,900
  1,700
  1,400

  Glasgow Govan
  6,300
  5,400
  4,400
  5,200
  5,200
  4,600
  4,600
  4,900
  3,300

  Glasgow Kelvin
  5,600
  5,600
  7,800
  7,400
  7,600
  7,000
  6,200
  5,800
  7,600

  Glasgow Maryhill
  2,800
  2,600
  2,800
  2,400
  2,400
  2,100
  1,900
  1,600
  1,700

  Glasgow Pollok
  2,000
  2,200
  2,600
  2,100
  1,800
  1,500
  1,200
  1,200
  1,300

  Glasgow Rutherglen
  2,600
  2,600
  2,900
  5,700
  2,300
  2,200
  2,900
  2,800
  2,700

  Glasgow Shettleston
  5,300
  6,200
  5,500
  4,700
  5,300
  5,200
  4,800
  4,400
  4,600

  Glasgow Springburn
  1,400
  1,300
  1,500
  1,800
  1,600
  1,500
  1,600
  1,000
  1,100

  Gordon
  4,400
  4,200
  4,400
  4,400
  3,500
  3,800
  3,500
  3,400
  3,600

  Greenock and Inverclyde
  7,500
  4,200
  7,200
  6,200
  5,600
  4,200
  2,600
  1,800
  1,600

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  8,800
  9,300
  10,600
  9,700
  9,100
  8,400
  6,400
  7,000
  7,500

  Hamilton South
  2,400
  2,600
  2,200
  2,100
  1,800
  2,100
  2,200
  2,200
  2,200

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  3,800
  4,400
  4,200
  3,200
  4,500
  5,500
  5,000
  4,400
  4,600

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  6,200
  5,900
  5,900
  5,500
  5,200
  4,800
  4,700
  3,700
  3,500

  Kirkcaldy
  4,300
  4,300
  4,100
  4,500
  3,900
  3,300
  2,800
  2,300
  1,800

  Linlithgow
  7,700
  8,200
  7,100
  8,700
  7,300
  3,200
  3,400
  4,100
  3,600

  Livingston 
  10,100
  10,200
  8,500
  9,300
  9,600
  9,500
  8,600
  9,100
  8,800

  Midlothian 
  2,600
  3,000
  2,800
  2,700
  2,400
  2,500
  2,200
  2,000
  1,900

  Moray
  5,700
  5,000
  5,000
  4,600
  4,400
  4,600
  4,700
  4,800
  4,800

  Motherwell and Wishaw 
  3,400
  2,800
  2,700
  2,900
  2,600
  2,200
  2,900
  2,500
  2,900

  North East Fife
  2,100
  2,400
  2,000
  1,900
  2,600
  2,600
  2,600
  2,700
  2,500

  North Tayside 
  3,800
  4,100
  4,000
  4,100
  3,400
  3,500
  3,800
  4,200
  3,500

  Ochil
  5,600
  5,700
  4,300
  4,600
  4,300
  3,900
  3,400
  3,300
  3,300

  Orkney and Shetland*
  1,700
  2,400
  1,700
  1,600
  1,300
  1,200
  1,300
  1,600
  1,500

  Paisley North
  7,900
  10,200
  8,800
  8,100
  8,400
  6,400
  6,900
  6,300
  7,000

  Paisley South
  1,500
  2,200
  2,300
  1,900
  2,100
  2,500
  1,600
  1,700
  1,000

  Perth 
  1,800
  2,100
  2,200
  2,400
  1,900
  2,100
  2,400
  2,600
  2,300

  Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  1,500
  1,900
  1,800
  1,600
  1,400
  1,500
  1,700
  1,400
  1,100

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  6,100
  5,100
  6,300
  5,600
  5,300
  5,100
  4,700
  5,100
  4,700

  Stirling 
  1,500
  1,600
  1,900
  1,500
  1,500
  1,000
  1,100
  1,500
  1,400

  Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  2,000
  2,400
  2,800
  2,400
  2,500
  2,000
  2,200
  2,100
  2,200

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  4,600
  4,000
  3,800
  2,800
  2,600
  2,300
  2,600
  2,400
  2,000

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  2,100
  2,300
  2,200
  2,200
  2,300
  2,900
  2,700
  2,300
  3,400

  West Renfrewshire 
  5,900
  6,400
  6,100
  6,400
  3,400
  4,800
  3,600
  3,000
  3,200

  Western Isles
  800
  1,300
  800
  700
  800
  600
  800
  800
  800

  Scotland
  320,200
  326,700
  315,000
  302,000
  285,000
  263,400
  243,300
  235,900
  229,700



  Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Manufacturing Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  2006
  2007

  Aberdeen Central
  1,600
  1,900

  Aberdeen North
  7,500
  7,600

  Aberdeen South
  3,000
  3,400

  Airdrie and Shotts
  1,600
  1,700

  Angus
  3,200
  3,300

  Argyll and Bute
  1,200
  1,200

  Ayr 
  4,200
  4,500

  Banff and Buchan
  5,300
  5,000

  Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  3,000
  3,000

  Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  2,000
  1,900

  Central Fife 
  7,100
  6,700

  Clydebank and Milngavie
  2,600
  1,500

  Clydesdale
  1,700
  1,700

  Coatbridge and Chryston
  2,200
  2,200

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
  2,800
  3,600

  Cunninghame North
  1,900
  2,100

  Cunninghame South
  3,900
  3,600

  Dumbarton
  1,100
  1,800

  Dumfries 
  4,800
  4,800

  Dundee East
  3,700
  3,700

  Dundee West
  4,900
  3,900

  Dunfermline East
  4,800
  4,900

  Dunfermline West
  2,500
  2,200

  East Kilbride 
  8,100
  8,100

  East Lothian 
  1,600
  1,500

  Eastwood
  1,000
  900

  Edinburgh Central
  2,400
  2,300

  Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
  1,600
  1,500

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  4,600
  4,500

  Edinburgh Pentlands
  2,100
  1,200

  Edinburgh South
  600
  600

  Edinburgh West
  2,100
  1,900

  Falkirk East
  5,500
  5,900

  Falkirk West
  3,200
  3,400

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  2,700
  2,600

  Glasgow Anniesland
  1,400
  1,500

  Glasgow Baillieston
  800
  700

  Glasgow Cathcart
  1,200
  1,300

  Glasgow Govan
  3,200
  3,100

  Glasgow Kelvin
  8,000
  7,700

  Glasgow Maryhill
  1,700
  1,900

  Glasgow Pollok
  1,300
  1,300

  Glasgow Rutherglen
  2,800
  2,800

  Glasgow Shettleston
  4,400
  4,500

  Glasgow Springburn
  1,000
  1,000

  Gordon
  3,900
  4,000

  Greenock and Inverclyde
  1,700
  1,400

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  8,400
  7,100

  Hamilton South
  2,200
  2,100

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  4,800
  4,500

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  3,800
  4,200

  Kirkcaldy
  2,000
  2,100

  Linlithgow
  3,500
  3,400

  Livingston 
  7,900
  7,600

  Midlothian 
  1,800
  1,800

  Moray
  4,800
  5,000

  Motherwell and Wishaw 
  2,700
  3,000

  North East Fife
  1,600
  1,700

  North Tayside 
  3,400
  3,200

  Ochil
  3,600
  3,400

  Orkney and Shetland*
  1,300
  1,300

  Paisley North
  6,000
  5,700

  Paisley South
  900
  900

  Perth 
  2,400
  2,500

  Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  1,500
  1,600

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  4,400
  4,600

  Stirling 
  1,500
  1,500

  Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  2,200
  2,400

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  1,900
  1,700

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  3,300
  3,400

  West Renfrewshire 
  3,500
  3,800

  Western Isles
  700
  600

  Scotland
  224,000
  220,900



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

  *It has not been possible to analyse Orkney and Shetland separately. The data has been obtained from the Nomis website, as the microdata are not held centrally.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the legal sector in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: : Information on the number of employee jobs in the legal sector is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

  Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the legal sector by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

  Of Scotland’s 73 constituencies, 25 are not included in the tables. This is because the number of employee jobs has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced.

  Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Legal Sector by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001
  2002
  2003
  2004
  2005

  Aberdeen Central
  900
  900
  1,100
  1,300
  1,000
  1,000
  1,400
  1,500
  1,500

  Aberdeen South
  500
  500
  500
  500
  400
  400
  *
  *
  *

  Angus
  100
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Argyll and Bute
  200
  200
  200
  200
  100
  100
  100
  100
  *

  Ayr
  400
  400
  400
  400
  300
  400
  300
  300
  300

  Banff and Buchan
  200
  200
  200
  *
  *
  200
  200
  200
  *

  Clydebank and Milngavie
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  100
  100
  100

  Clydesdale
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  100
  *
  *
  *

  Cunninghame North
  100
  100
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Cunninghame South
  100
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Dumbarton
  *
  *
  *
  *
  200
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Dumfries
  300
  300
  300
  200
  200
  100
  200
  200
  200

  Dundee West
  600
  600
  600
  500
  500
  400
  600
  600
  700

  Dunfermline West
  300
  200
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  200
  300

  East Kilbride
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  100
  100
  100

  East Lothian
  *
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100

  Eastwood
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  100
  *

  Edinburgh Central
  2,800
  3,000
  2,800
  3,000
  3,200
  2,900
  3,200
  3,500
  3,700

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  2,700
  2,800
  2,400
  3,200
  3,200
  2,900
  3,000
  3,100
  2,800

  Edinburgh Pentlands
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Edinburgh South
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100

  Edinburgh West
  *
  *
  *
  *
  100
  100
  200
  200
  *

  Falkirk West
  200
  300
  300
  200
  200
  200
  *
  *
  *

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  200
  200
  300
  200
  200
  100
  200
  200
  100

  Glasgow Cathcart
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  100
  100

  Glasgow Govan
  600
  500
  500
  200
  200
  300
  300
  300
  300

  Glasgow Kelvin
  3,600
  3,600
  3,600
  3,700
  3,900
  4,000
  3,900
  4,400
  4,500

  Glasgow Maryhill
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  100
  100
  100

  Glasgow Shettleston
  100
  100
  200
  100
  100
  100
  200
  200
  200

  Gordon
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  100

  Greenock and Inverclyde
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  300
  300
  300
  200
  300
  300
  200
  200
  200

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  400
  300
  500
  300
  400
  400
  300
  300
  400

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200

  Kirkcaldy
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  100
  200
  100
  100

  Livingston
  *
  100
  100
  100
  *
  100
  100
  200
  100

  Moray
  200
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Motherwell and Wishaw
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200

  North East Fife
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  200

  North Tayside
  200
  200
  200
  100
  100
  100
  200
  100
  100

  Ochil
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Paisley North
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  200
  200
  200

  Paisley South
  300
  400
  400
  300
  300
  300
  200
  *
  200

  Perth
  400
  500
  400
  400
  400
  300
  300
  300
  500

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  *
  100
  100
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Stirling
  200
  300
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200

  Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  *
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  100
  100
  *
  200
  100
  100
  100
  100
  *

  Scotland
  20,800
  21,300
  20,700
  21,200
  20,900
  20,000
  20,500
  21,500
  22,100



  Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Legal Sector by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  2006
  2007

  Aberdeen Central
  1,500
  1,400

  Aberdeen South
  *
  *

  Angus
  *
  *

  Argyll and Bute
  *
  *

  Ayr
  300
  300

  Banff and Buchan
  *
  200

  Clydebank and Milngavie
  *
  *

  Clydesdale
  *
  *

  Cunninghame North
  100
  100

  Cunninghame South
  *
  *

  Dumbarton
  *
  *

  Dumfries
  200
  200

  Dundee West
  800
  700

  Dunfermline West
  300
  400

  East Kilbride
  100
  *

  East Lothian
  100
  100

  Eastwood
  *
  100

  Edinburgh Central
  4,100
  4,400

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  2,500
  2,500

  Edinburgh Pentlands
  100
  *

  Edinburgh South
  100
  100

  Edinburgh West
  100
  100

  Falkirk West
  *
  *

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  200
  100

  Glasgow Cathcart
  *
  *

  Glasgow Govan
  300
  300

  Glasgow Kelvin
  4,900
  5,000

  Glasgow Maryhill
  100
  100

  Glasgow Shettleston
  200
  200

  Gordon
  200
  100

  Greenock and Inverclyde
  200
  *

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  300
  300

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  400
  400

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  300
  300

  Kirkcaldy
  200
  200

  Livingston
  100
  100

  Moray
  *
  *

  Motherwell and Wishaw
  300
  200

  North East Fife
  300
  300

  North Tayside
  200
  200

  Ochil
  100
  100

  Paisley North
  200
  200

  Paisley South
  *
  *

  Perth
  400
  400

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  200
  *

  Stirling
  200
  200

  Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  100
  100

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  *
  100

  Scotland
  23,000
  23,000



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

  *Represents a figure that is potentially disclosive.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the forestry industry in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: Information on the number of employee jobs in the forestry industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

  Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the forestry industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

  Of Scotland’s 73 constituencies, 59 are not included in the tables. This is because the number of employee jobs is either less than 50 or has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identify of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced. Figures that are less than 50 would be rounded to zero and hence aren’t included.

  Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Forestry Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001
  2002
  2003
  2004
  2005

  Argyll and Bute
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300

  Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  100
  *
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100

  Dumfries 
  200
  200
  200
  300
  200
  300
  200
  200
  200

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  300
  300
  300
  400
  200
  300
  300
  300
  300

  Gordon
  100
  100
  200
  200
  200
  100
  100
  100
  100

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  300
  300
  200
  200
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300

  Moray
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  300
  300
  300
  200

  North Tayside 
  100
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200

  Perth 
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  200
  100
  100
  100

  Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  200
  200
  100
  200
  200
  300
  200
  200
  200

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  100
  100
  *
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100
  100

  Stirling 
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  300
  300
  300
  300

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  *
  100
  *
  100
  100
  200
  100
  100
  100

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  100
  200
  200
  200
  100
  200
  100
  200
  100

  Scotland
  2,900
  3,200
  2,600
  3,600
  3,400
  4,000
  3,400
  3,900
  3,300



  Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Forestry Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  2006
  2007

  Argyll and Bute
  300
  200

  Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  100
  100

  Dumfries 
  200
  200

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  200
  200

  Gordon
  100
  100

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  300
  200

  Moray
  200
  200

  North Tayside 
  200
  100

  Perth 
  100
  100

  Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  200
  200

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  100
  100

  Stirling 
  200
  200

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  100
  100

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  200
  100

  Scotland
  3,300
  2,500



  Source: 1998-2007: Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

  *Represents a figure that is either less than 50 or potentially disclosive.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the electronics industry in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: : Information on the number of employee jobs in the electronics industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

  Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the electronics industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

  Of Scotland’s 73 constituencies, 56 are not included in the tables. This is because the number of employee jobs is either less than 50 or has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced. Figures that are less than 50 would be rounded to zero and hence aren’t included.

  Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Electronics Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001
  2002
  2003
  2004
  2005

  Aberdeen Central
  200
  200
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Aberdeen North
  800
  700
  800
  800
  1,000
  1,000
  900
  1,200
  1,100

  Aberdeen South
  100
  200
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Central Fife
  2,700
  2,600
  3,400
  1,900
  2,900
  1,900
  1,600
  1,600
  1,600

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
  2,100
  2,300
  2,300
  2,000
  1,700
  1,400
  1,300
  1,100
  *

  Cunninghame South
  *
  *
  *
  2,300
  2,500
  1,600
  1,600
  *
  *

  Dundee West
  1,300
  3,000
  3,100
  2,600
  2,600
  2,300
  2,300
  2,400
  2,200

  Dunfermline East
  2,000
  2,300
  3,100
  3,100
  2,900
  2,600
  *
  *
  *

  East Kilbride
  2,200
  4,800
  4,300
  4,400
  4,100
  3,900
  3,600
  2,900
  2,800

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  1,900
  2,000
  1,800
  1,800
  1,400
  1,800
  1,600
  2,200
  2,100

  Glasgow Govan
  800
  800
  700
  700
  900
  700
  *
  *
  600

  Glasgow Kelvin
  200
  300
  300
  500
  500
  400
  300
  300
  400

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  1,700
  2,200
  3,700
  3,400
  2,500
  1,900
  *
  *
  1,300

  Hamilton South
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  400
  400
  100
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Livingston
  3,400
  3,500
  2,300
  3,000
  3,500
  3,100
  2,600
  2,700
  2,400

  Paisley North
  *
  900
  800
  1,000
  600
  900
  800
  800
  1,000

  Scotland
  56,700
  61,300
  62,300
  61,500
  53,500
  44,600
  37,300
  35,800
  33,400



  Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Electronics Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  2006
  2007

  Aberdeen Central
  *
  *

  Aberdeen North
  1,400
  1,300

  Aberdeen South
  *
  *

  Central Fife
  1,400
  1,300

  Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
  *
  *

  Cunninghame South
  *
  *

  Dundee West
  2,400
  1,500

  Dunfermline East
  1,200
  1,300

  East Kilbride
  2,500
  2,300

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  2,200
  2,300

  Glasgow Govan
  700
  *

  Glasgow Kelvin
  500
  500

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  2,100
  1,200

  Hamilton South
  *
  *

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  *
  *

  Livingston
  1,600
  1,300

  Paisley North
  600
  500

  Scotland
  32,300
  28,200



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

  *Represents a figure that is either less than 50 or potentially disclosive.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the whisky industry in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: : Information on the number of employee jobs in the manufacture of distilled potable alcoholic beverages industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

  The manufacture of distilled potable alcoholic beverages industry includes the manufacture of whisky, brandy, gin, liquers etc. Data specifically on the whisky industry is not available from the ABI.

  Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the manufacture of distilled potable alcoholic beverages industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

  Only one of Scotland’s 73 constituencies is included in the tables. This is because the number of employee jobs in the other 72 is either less than 50 or has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced. Figures that are less than 50 would be rounded to zero and hence aren’t included.

  Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Manufacture of Distilled Potable Alcoholic Beverages Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001
  2002
  2003
  2004
  2005

  Moray
  1,700
  1,400
  900
  800
  600
  700
  800
  600
  600

  Scotland
  9,900
  8,900
  8,600
  8,000
  8,200
  8,900
  8,700
  8,000
  7,800



  Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Manufacture of Distilled Potable Alcoholic Beverages Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  2006
  2007

  Moray
  600
  700

  Scotland
  8,900
  8,700



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the energy-generation industry in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: Information on the number of employee jobs in the energy industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

  Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the energy industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

  Of Scotland’s 73 constituencies, 60 are not included in the tables. This is because the number of employee jobs is either less than 50 or has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced. Figures that are less than 50 would be rounded to zero and hence aren’t included.

  Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Energy Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001
  2002
  2003
  2004
  2005

  Aberdeen Central
  1,400
  1,000
  1,100
  1,000
  1,000
  700
  1,600
  2,500
  2,300

  Aberdeen North
  7,300
  7,500
  9,000
  8,800
  8,900
  8,900
  7,700
  8,200
  9,800

  Aberdeen South
  10,600
  10,600
  9,400
  6,900
  7,300
  7,000
  6,600
  5,900
  5,900

  Argyll and Bute
  *
  *
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200

  Banff and Buchan
  700
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  400

  Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  *
  *
  400
  200
  600
  500
  *
  700
  *

  Clydesdale
  *
  *
  300
  300
  300
  400
  *
  *
  *

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  *
  *
  100
  100
  100
  100
  *
  *
  *

  Gordon
  200
  *
  200
  300
  300
  300
  *
  *
  *

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  *
  *
  500
  500
  600
  900
  300
  400
  400

  Orkney and Shetland
  600
  *
  900
  900
  900
  600
  600
  500
  *

  Stirling
  *
  *
  300
  200
  300
  300
  *
  *
  *

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  1,800
  1,600
  1,200
  1,200
  1,200
  1,100
  1,800
  1,800
  2,200

  Scotland
  41,100
  45,900
  40,000
  36,900
  43,200
  40,600
  36,900
  37,300
  35,400



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS).1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

  *Represents a figure that is either less than 50 or potentially disclosive.

  Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Energy Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  2006
  2007

  Aberdeen Central
  3,800
  4,100

  Aberdeen North
  9,800
  9,300

  Aberdeen South
  5,100
  5,700

  Argyll and Bute
  200
  200

  Banff and Buchan
  *
  *

  Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  *
  *

  Clydesdale
  *
  *

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  *
  *

  Gordon
  *
  300

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  400
  *

  Orkney and Shetland
  *
  300

  Stirling
  *
  *

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  2,200
  1,800

  Scotland
  37,000
  40,700



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

  *Represents a figure that is either less than 50 or potentially disclosive.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the banking industry in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: : Information on the number of employee jobs in the banking industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

  Tables 1 and 2 show the number of employee jobs in the banking industry by parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

  Of Scotland’s 73 constituencies, 20 are not included in the tables. This is because the number of employee jobs has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced.

  Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Banking Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2005

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001
  2002
  2003
  2004
  2005

  Aberdeen Central
  1,000
  1,000
  900
  800
  1,000
  900
  1,100
  1,900
  1,200

  Aberdeen South
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  400
  *
  *
  *

  Airdrie and Shotts
  *
  200
  200
  *
  *
  300
  300
  *
  *

  Argyll and Bute
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300

  Ayr
  400
  400
  500
  500
  500
  500
  500
  500
  400

  Banff and Buchan
  300
  300
  *
  *
  *
  *
  300
  300
  200

  Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200

  Clydebank and Milngavie
  700
  700
  700
  600
  700
  600
  600
  600
  900

  Clydesdale
  300
  300
  200
  200
  300
  200
  200
  400
  300

  Cunninghame North
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300

  Dumbarton
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  200
  300
  200

  Dumfries
  400
  400
  400
  400
  400
  400
  400
  400
  400

  Dundee West
  700
  700
  800
  700
  900
  800
  900
  1,000
  900

  Dunfermline East
  *
  *
  *
  *
  400
  300
  400
  700
  600

  Dunfermline West
  2,400
  2,000
  600
  1,900
  2,400
  1,700
  2,300
  3,700
  3,300

  East Kilbride
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  400
  400
  400
  400

  East Lothian
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  200
  200
  200

  Eastwood
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  200
  200
  300
  300

  Edinburgh Central
  2,200
  2,800
  3,700
  3,500
  4,900
  5,200
  7,000
  9,200
  9,200

  Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  200
  300
  200

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  5,800
  4,800
  5,200
  6,000
  8,300
  9,500
  10,300
  5,300
  4,200

  Edinburgh Pentlands
  *
  *
  *
  1,400
  1,300
  900
  4,500
  10,500
  6,000

  Edinburgh South
  300
  300
  300
  400
  400
  200
  200
  300
  200

  Edinburgh West
  4,900
  4,200
  3,600
  4,900
  5,600
  7,500
  5,300
  2,500
  2,700

  Falkirk West
  400
  400
  400
  400
  500
  400
  400
  400
  400

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  200
  200
  200
  300
  200
  200
  200
  300
  300

  Glasgow Baillieston
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *

  Glasgow Govan
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  500
  600
  1,400
  700

  Glasgow Kelvin
  9,200
  9,200
  11,000
  11,400
  12,500
  10,000
  11,200
  11,500
  12,200

  Glasgow Shettleston
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  200

  Gordon
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200

  Greenock and Inverclyde
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  1,500

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  300
  300
  300
  800
  900
  500
  500
  1,000
  1,300

  Hamilton South
  *
  *
  *
  800
  *
  1,300
  *
  *
  *

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  600
  500
  500
  500
  700
  600
  700
  800
  700

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  400
  400
  500
  500
  500
  500
  500
  500
  400

  Kirkcaldy
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  *
  *

  Linlithgow
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  300
  *
  *

  Livingston
  300
  300
  300
  *
  *
  2,200
  2,000
  600
  500

  Moray
  400
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  300
  400
  300

  Motherwell and Wishaw
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  800
  800
  1,200
  1,100

  North East Fife
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200

  North Tayside
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  300
  300
  300

  Ochil
  *
  *
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200

  Paisley North
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  300
  400
  400
  400

  Paisley South
  500
  500
  500
  500
  600
  400
  200
  300
  300

  Perth
  500
  500
  500
  500
  600
  500
  600
  800
  700

  Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  *
  *
  200
  200
  300
  200
  300
  300
  300

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200
  200

  Stirling
  300
  400
  400
  400
  400
  400
  400
  500
  400

  Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  200
  300
  200

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  200
  200
  200
  300
  300
  200
  200
  300
  300

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  *
  300
  *

  Scotland
  44,100
  41,800
  42,600
  48,500
  55,800
  56,300
  64,200
  70,800
  63,300



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS).1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

  *Represents a figure that is potentially disclosive.

  Table 2: Employee Jobs in the Banking Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 2006-07

  
  Parliamentary Constituency
  2006
  2007

  Aberdeen Central
  900
  1,000

  Aberdeen South
  *
  *

  Airdrie and Shotts
  200
  *

  Argyll and Bute
  200
  200

  Ayr
  400
  400

  Banff and Buchan
  200
  200

  Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
  200
  200

  Clydebank and Milngavie
  1,200
  1,600

  Clydesdale
  200
  200

  Cunninghame North
  200
  200

  Dumbarton
  *
  *

  Dumfries
  300
  400

  Dundee West
  600
  700

  Dunfermline East
  1,400
  1,100

  Dunfermline West
  1,500
  1,500

  East Kilbride
  300
  *

  East Lothian
  *
  *

  Eastwood
  200
  200

  Edinburgh Central
  4,200
  5,300

  Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
  *
  200

  Edinburgh North and Leith
  3,400
  4,000

  Edinburgh Pentlands
  5,400
  5,100

  Edinburgh South
  200
  200

  Edinburgh West
  1,300
  1,000

  Falkirk West
  300
  *

  Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  200
  200

  Glasgow Baillieston
  *
  200

  Glasgow Govan
  700
  700

  Glasgow Kelvin
  11,600
  10,800

  Glasgow Shettleston
  *
  *

  Gordon
  200
  300

  Greenock and Inverclyde
  *
  *

  Hamilton North and Bellshill
  300
  400

  Hamilton South
  *
  *

  Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
  500
  500

  Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  300
  400

  Kirkcaldy
  *
  400

  Linlithgow
  *
  *

  Livingston
  1,100
  500

  Moray
  300
  300

  Motherwell and Wishaw
  400
  400

  North East Fife
  200
  200

  North Tayside
  200
  200

  Ochil
  *
  *

  Paisley North
  *
  *

  Paisley South
  200
  *

  Perth
  300
  400

  Ross, Skye and Inverness West
  *
  200

  Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  *
  *

  Stirling
  300
  300

  Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  *
  *

  Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
  200
  *

  West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  *
  *

  Scotland
  49,400
  49,900



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS).1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

  *Represents a figure that is potentially disclosive.

Employment

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been employed in the car industry in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Jim Mather: : Information on the number of employee jobs in the car industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), which is the official source of employee jobs data. The ABI is run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The data is based on employee jobs rather than the number of people in employment (i.e. one person may have more than one job). The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

  It has not been possible to provide data on the car industry for any of the parliamentary constituencies. This is because the number of employee jobs is either less than 50 or has been suppressed as potentially disclosive. Data are suppressed under the Statistics Trade Act 1947 where the identity of an enterprise who made a statistical return could be deduced. Figures that are less than 50 would be rounded to zero.

  The table below shows the number of employee jobs in the manufacture of motor vehicles for Scotland in each year since 1997. Due to changes in survey methodology, data for 1997 to 2005 is not directly comparable with data for 2006 to 2007.

  Employee Jobs in the Manufacture of Motor Vehicles, Scotland, 1997-2007

  
  1997
  800

  1998
  1300

  1999
  1200

  2000
  900

  2001
  900

  2002
  800

  2003
  900

  2004
  1500

  2005
  1000

  2006
  1000

  2007
  1000



  Source: 1998-2007 - Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) (ONS). 1997 - Annual Employment Survey (ONS).

  Notes:

  1. The reference date for the ABI from 2006 was changed from December to September.

  2. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

  3. ABI data are workplace based.

  4. Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

Finance

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what the basis is of the calculation underpinning the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth’s comments to the Finance Committee on 19 May 2009 that net debt interest will rise by 8.4%, social security and tax credits by 1.7% and other annual managed expenditure by 1.9% during the period 2011-12 to 2013-14 (Official Report c. 1304).

John Swinney: The projections for future growth in Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) provided at the Finance Committee were taken from the following sources:

  The UK Budget 2009 forecasts that debt interest payments will grow by 8.4% a year in real terms between 2011-12 and 2013-14.

  Forecasts published by the Department of Work and Pensions in May 2008 as part of their long-term expenditure projections imply that spending on benefits and tax credits are expected to increase by at least 1.7% a year in real terms over this period.

  Other elements of AME, such as contributions to the European Commission, are also expected to increase in future years. At the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review these other elements of AME were forecast to grow by 1.9% a year during 2009-10 and 2010-11. They are assumed to grow at a similar rate between 2011-12 and 2013-14.

Fisheries

Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that the decision to designate 12 rivers as candidate special areas of conservation on the north and east coasts and only one on the west coast is not connected to any effects of sea lice, disease and genetic damage to wild fish stocks that may have been caused by the salmon farming industry.

Roseanna Cunningham: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-24235 on 4 June 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx .

Fuel Poverty

Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people refused a new central heating system under stage four of the energy assistance package would now be eligible under the revised guidance, broken down by local authority area.

Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people it has reassessed as being eligible for a new central heating system under the revised guidance for stage four of the energy assistance package, broken down by local authority.

Alex Neil: The information requested is not available. No record has been kept, however numbers are expected to be small as Energy Saving Scotland advisers were aware that the guidance on assessing broken system was being prepared, and informed clients accordingly. All centres took action to identify such clients. One centre instructed clients to ring back at a later date and the other centres kept a list of those likely to be affected and subsequently contacted callers to encourage them to re-apply.

Housing

Trish Godman (West Renfrewshire) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the Office of Fair Trading report, Property factors in Scotland - a market study, and how it responded to the study.

Alex Neil: Full and careful consideration has been given to the Office of Fair Trading’s report and recommendations, which are currently informing work on the development of an accreditation scheme for property managers.

  Our formal response to the report was issued on 12 May 2009. The full response and accompanying press release are available for reference on the Scottish Government’s website, as well as from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 48313 and 48317 respectively):

  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/quality/16193/PolicyandLegislation/oftresponse

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its news release of 26 May 2009 on affordable homes, how it reconciles the use of the term "record numbers of affordable homes" with the acknowledgement in the news release that new affordable housing provision was higher in 2001.

Alex Neil: The Scottish Government has signalled its intention to approve grants for a record breaking 8,100 affordable homes, backed by £644 million from the Scottish Government's Affordable Housing Investment Programme for this financial year (2009-10).

  The first line of this news release clarifies that the number of completions supported by our Affordable Housing Investment Programme in 2008-09 was the highest since 2000-01.

  In addition, the new figures released showed that the number of social houses completed in 2008-09 was the highest number since devolution at 4,913.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) council and (b) housing association houses were built between May 1999 and May 2007.

Alex Neil: Information regarding local authority completions is only available on a quarterly basis. From 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2007, 346 council houses and 31,001 housing association houses were completed.

  Local authority and housing association new build figures are published quarterly at:

  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NewBuild.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its news release of 26 May 2009 on affordable homes, how it defines the period of the previous administration.

Alex Neil: Housing statistics are only collected on a quarterly basis and it is therefore not possible to produce figures for individual months. Accordingly, the period of the previous administration is defined as running from April 2003 to the end of March 2007, equating to the financial years 2003-04 to 2006-07.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its news release of 26 May 2009 on affordable homes, whether it considers that the claim that six council homes were built under the previous administration is accurate given that the current administration commenced part way through the second quarter of 2007.

Alex Neil: As stated in the answer to the question S3W-24500 on 9 June 2009, the period of the previous administration was defined as spanning financial years 2003-04 to 2006-07. According to official statistics the number of local authority houses completed during this period was six.

  Looking at starts, the official figures show that only 34 local authority houses were started in the period of the previous administration compared to 682 in the first two years of the current administration.

  All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

  http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that affordable housing provided through housing associations is of equal value to that provided through local authorities.

Alex Neil: Attempting to draw a distinction of the value of housing based on whether it has been provided by Registered Social Landlords (RSL) or a local authority serves no purpose. What is important is that there is sufficient affordable housing provided to meet the needs of the people of Scotland in the right place and of the right quality. That is why we are investing in support for both local authorities and RSL to provide additional housing.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that it can take credit for the council housing built in 2007-08 that was budgeted for by the previous administration.

Alex Neil: The new council housing completions in 2007-08 were funded from local authorities’ own resources. Councils who have recently built new housing such as Midlothian Council, West Lothian Council, Aberdeen City Council, East Lothian Council and Orkney Islands Council are all to be very much commended for being at the vanguard of this much needed new development in housing. The additional funding for local authorities that this Government has announced will allow these and other local authorities to build on these efforts and further boost construction in subsequent years.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many council houses have been completed since May 2007, broken down by local authority and showing the political leadership of each authority.

Alex Neil: Information regarding local authority completions is only available on a quarterly basis. The following table shows the breakdown of house building completions by local authority area since April 2007. The political leadership of each authority can be found on COSLA’s website.

  Local authority and housing association new build figures are published quarterly at:

  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NewBuild.

  Local Authority New Build Completions Since April 2007

  
  Local Authority
  Local Authority Completions

  Scotland
  364

  Aberdeen City
  0

  Aberdeenshire
  0

  Angus
  0

  Argyll and Bute
  0

  Clackmannanshire
  0

  Dumfries and Galloway
  0

  Dundee City
  0

  East Ayrshire
  0

  East Dunbartonshire
  0

  East Lothian
  74

  East Renfrewshire
  0

  Edinburgh, City of
  0

  Eilean Siar
  0

  Falkirk
  0

  Fife
  0

  Glasgow City
  0

  Highland
  0

  Inverclyde
  0

  Midlothian
  289

  Moray
  0

  North Ayrshire
  0

  North Lanarkshire
  0

  Orkney
  1

  Perth and Kinross
  0

  Renfrewshire
  0

  Scottish Borders, The
  0

  Shetland
  0

  South Ayrshire
  0

  South Lanarkshire
  0

  Stirling
  0

  West Dunbartonshire
  0

  West Lothian
  0

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it shares the concerns of the Chartered Institute for Housing Scotland that, despite accelerated funding, 466 fewer affordable homes were started in the final quarter of 2008 than in the same period in 2007.

Alex Neil: While the number of houses started in the final two quarters of 2008 was 466 fewer than the same period in 2007, the number of social houses started in 2008-09 as a whole was the second highest since 1994-95 despite the challenging economic background. The highest number of starts occurred in 2007-08, during this Government’s term of office.

  In addition, the number of social houses completed in 2008-09 was the highest since 1995-96.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it shares the concerns of the Chartered Institute for Housing Scotland that, despite accelerated funding, 175 fewer affordable homes were started in the first quarter of 2009 than the same period in 2008.

Alex Neil: The number of new social homes started in quarter 1 2008 was the highest since comparable records began in 1992. While the number of social housing starts in quarter 1 2009 was 175 lower than this figure, this was still the second highest number of social housing starts since 1992.

Influenza

Cathy Jamieson (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that information on the influenza A(H1N1) virus is communicated effectively to black and ethnic minority communities.

Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government is committed to providing information on influenza A(H1N1) in ways that are accessible to all sectors of the Scottish population. The national Swine Flu Information leaflet has been translated into 15 languages, including Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Chinese, Somali and Arabic. In addition, the Swine Flu TV commercial "Lift" has been screened on a number of Asian TV channels.

Justice

Nigel Don (North East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23693 by Kenny MacAskill on 19 May 2009, what consideration it will give to the views of the people affected by the Lockerbie air disaster in considering the application for the repatriation of Mr Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi.

Kenny MacAskill: The Scottish Government has received a number of representations relating to the application submitted by the Libyan Government for transfer of Mr Megrahi.

  As I stated previously, I am considering the application thoroughly and will ensure I have all relevant information available to me before reaching decisions. The application is being considered with regard to the terms of the Prisoner Transfer Agreement and appropriate judicial procedures. Economic and political considerations have no place in this process.

  The Lockerbie Air Disaster remains the most serious terrorist atrocity committed in the United Kingdom. I am aware of the pain and grief still being experienced by many people whose lives were affected by it both here in Scotland and across the world. As part of my consideration of the application, I will be meeting with groups and individuals who have submitted relevant representations to the Scottish Government and listening to their views.

Pre-School Education

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it is making available to Dumfries and Galloway Council for the provision of pre-school education in 2009-10.

Adam Ingram: No specific funding was allocated to Dumfries and Galloway Council for 2009-10 for pre-school education as such, as funding has been included within the overall local government finance settlement. It is the responsibility of each local authority, in conjunction with their Community Planning Partners, to allocate the funding on the basis of their local needs and priorities, taking into account their statutory obligations and the jointly agreed set of national and local priorities.

Pre-School Education

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is making any funding available to enable voluntary and private sector providers of pre-school education in Dumfries and Galloway to provide contact for three and four-year-olds with a qualified teacher.

Adam Ingram: Specific funding is not being made available for this purpose, but record levels of funding have been invested in local government over 2008-11. The commitment to deliver access to a teacher for every pre-school age child is contained within the concordat between the Scottish Government and COSLA. As part of the concordat, the Scottish Government significantly reduced the level of ring-fencing around funding streams. It is for local authorities to allocate their resources on the basis of their local needs and priorities, taking into account their statutory obligations and the jointly agreed set of national and local priorities.

Prison Service

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers or government officials received any advice on the transfer of prisoner Brian Martin from HMP Shotts to Castle Huntly open prison and, if so, (a) who received the advice, (b) when it was received and (c) what the advice was.

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers or government officials were informed of the transfer of prisoner Brian Martin from HMP Shotts to Castle Huntly open prison and, if so, (a) who was advised and (b) when.

Kenny MacAskill: The transfer of a determinate sentence prisoner to the open estate is an operational matter for the Scottish Prisons Service. Such decisions have never been routinely communicated to ministers.

Prison Service

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive on what basis the decision was made to transfer prisoner Brian Martin from HMP Shotts to Castle Huntly open prison in April 2009.

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive who authorised the decision to transfer prisoner Brian Martin from HMP Shotts to Castle Huntly open prison in April 2009.

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that it was appropriate for recent absondee Brian Martin to have been held in Castle Huntly open prison.

Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to reply. His response is as follows:

  The decision to transfer Mr Martin from HM Prison Shotts to the SPS open estate was made by the multi-disciplinary progression group at HM Prison Shotts.

  Mr Martin was considered for transfer in accordance with the SPS management rule for prisoner progression. Mr Martin had addressed all identified needs to reduce his risk of re-offending and had been tested in a national top-end regime, including special escorted leaves.

  In reaching the decision to transfer Mr Martin, the multi-disciplinary progression group at HM Prison Shotts did not follow the full SPS procedures surrounding the management of prisoners who have previously absconded being transferred to open conditions following the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in 2008.

  Such a case should have been referred to Prisons Directorate at SPS HQ for further consideration. This is now subject to a review by Professor Alec Spencer.

Prison Service

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive on what date and time ministers first became aware that prisoner Brian Martin had absconded from Castle Huntly open prison.

Kenny MacAskill: Scottish Prison Service headquarters were advised of the abscond of Brian Martin at 3.33pm on 18 May 2009. This information was passed on to the office of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice shortly thereafter.

Prison Service

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive at what date and time the First Minister first became aware that prisoner John Burt Brown had absconded from HMP Castle Huntly open prison on 27 May 2009.

Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

  The office of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice was advised of the abscond at approximately 5pm on Wednesday 27 May 2009. I believe that the First Minister was advised within the hour.

Prison Service

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive at what date and time the Cabinet Secretary for Justice first became aware that prisoner John Burt Brown had absconded from HMP Castle Huntly on 27 May 2009.

Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

  The office of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice was advised of the abscond at approximately 5pm on Wednesday 27 May 2009.

Prison Service

Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether prisoner Robert O’Neill, prison number 21230, was released on weekend home leave on 7 and 8 February 1997.

Kenny MacAskill: I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:

  The SPS is unable to answer as to do so would involve the disclosure of sensitive data and be in breach of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Renewable Energy

John Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive where it plans to locate its next renewable energy project and what the estimated cost is.

Jim Mather: The location, nature and cost of renewable energy projects is a matter for the developers of those projects, and subject to the outcome of applications for consent to the relevant local authority or to the Scottish Government.

Rivers

Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive when the Fisheries Research Services’ report on restoration of west coast rivers will be published and what the Scottish Government expects the main recommendations of the report to be.

Roseanna Cunningham: Draft guidance on the restoration of west coast rivers is in preparation by a consultant commissioned by the Tripartite Working Group, a voluntary partnership of Scottish Government, wild fishery and aquaculture interests. The Tripartite Working Group expects to publish this guidance on its website before the end of June.

Road Safety

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23364 by Stewart Stevenson on 8 May 2009, how potential locations for the installation of variable-message signs on the trunk road network are identified prior to the specific siting criteria being applied.

Stewart Stevenson: The potential locations for the installation of variable message signs on the trunk road network have been determined following a review carried out in 2005 which looked at existing provision and future needs.

Roads

David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what timescale is anticipated for improvements to the A9 Longman roundabout.

Stewart Stevenson: Transport Scotland is currently considering possible improvements to the Longman Roundabout. Once defined, any such improvements will have to compete for funding with other minor schemes across the trunk road network. Consequently, no timescale has yet been defined.

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what actions were taken to inform the public that the charges for registration of septic tanks, waived in March 2009, would be reintroduced on 1 June 2009.

Roseanna Cunningham: This is an operational matter for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and I have asked the Chief Executive, Dr Campbell Gemmell, to write to you.

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of problems with the online registration of septic tanks in (a) March and (b) May 2009.

Roseanna Cunningham: I am aware that the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) experienced some minor problems with their systems for handling online registrations of septic tanks at points during March and May 2009 when the charge for registration was waived. This was an operational matter for SEPA, and I understand the problems were resolved promptly.

Social Entrepreneurs Fund

Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive which credit unions have benefited from the Social Entrepreneurs Fund and how much each has been awarded.

Jim Mather: The aim of the Social Entrepreneurs Fund is to encourage new start social entrepreneurs, not to fund credit unions.

Transport

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for the rise in private car journeys made by its officials and staff in 2007-08, as indicated in the Scottish Government Environmental Performance Annual Report 2007/08 .

John Swinney: The level of private car mileage in the Scottish Government has fallen considerably in recent years, with the 2007-08 figure being 56.3% of the 2004-05 level. The Scottish Government will continue to deploy a range of initiatives aimed at improving the sustainability of all business related travel.

Transport

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the private car journeys made by its officials and staff in 2007-08, as indicated in the Scottish Government Environmental Performance Annual Report 2007/08 , showing how many of the journeys covered distances of (a) less than one, (b) between one and five, (c) between five and 50, (d) between 50 and 100 and (e) more than 100 miles.

John Swinney: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Transport

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what provision it makes for car-sharing schemes for users of the Scottish Government estate.

John Swinney: In July 2008, the Scottish Government launched a car-sharing scheme in partnership with Liftshare, Tripshare Edinburgh and SESTRAN (South East of Scotland Transport Partnership). Dedicated parking spaces for the car-sharing scheme are available at Victoria Quay and Saughton House in Edinburgh.

  The operation of the scheme is kept under regular review and the scheme is regularly promoted to Scottish Government staff.

Transport

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of private car journeys made by its officials and staff in 2007-08, as indicated in the Scottish Government Environmental Performance Annual Report 2007/08 , was made by participants in car-sharing schemes.

John Swinney: The travel data contained in the Scottish Government Environmental Performance Annual Report relate to business travel, while car-sharing schemes are aimed at commute to work travel. On that basis, none of the private car journeys referred to in the report were undertaken through car-sharing schemes. However, all Scottish Government staff are encouraged to use the most economic and sustainable methods of travel, including sharing cars, when undertaking business related travel.